WILSON v. BEARD

Civ.A. No. 02-374.

314 F.Supp.2d 434 (2004)

Zachary WILSON v. Jeffrey A. BEARD, Donald T. Vaughn.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

April 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Wiseman, Federal Defenders, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

J. Hunter Bennett, Thomas W. Dolgenos, District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondents.


MEMORANDUM

PADOVA, District Judge.

Petitioner Zachary Wilson has filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and alleges that the prosecutor in his case engaged in intentional racial discrimination during jury selection, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant Petitioner a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND...

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